from 1998-2002. I made great money, built a house up near the NH border (just off 95), then sold that sucker when everyone else realized no one could afford to live within 10 miles of Boston.
The commuter line goes all the way to Newburyport, so complaining about public transportation is a bit disingenuous.
My house appreciated 33% in less than two years. I used the money to leave my job and come back to my native state...(number 3 on the list, BTW), and it took me 4.5 months, and all of that money to get a new job. (well, plus the downpayment on a house to live in back here...the housing prices skyrocketed while I was gone).
As far as open space goes? In MA I had well over an acre of land, and there were only 5 houses on my cul-de-sac. Anything like that here would either a: be 60+ miles from anywhere you could reasonably work, or b: be 3-4 times what you can afford to pay for it. It's crazy...all this space, and the developers keep building the houses right next to each other (anything up to $350k within 30 miles of downtown Denver is going to be either small or crowded or both) to maximize their profits, or they charge *crazy* amounts of money for larger lots. One small town about 35 minutes from Denver had 3000 sf houses on.5 acre lots that *started* at $650k. Then you had to pay extra for things like cabinets, countertops, faucets, flooring, appliances, etc.
Right...and because everyone *can* go out and mod their Honda Civic to beat Mustang in the 1/4 mile (for far less money than the Mustang), Ford went out of business.
You're so wrong it's sickening. I fought for, and exposed myself to harm for, that exact right. So did my father.
Literally millions of Americans have put themselves in harm's way just for that reason.
How dare you take that away from someone whom you don't know... while hiding behind an 'anonymous coward' tag.
By your math, assuming there have been roughly 400 million Americans (post Declaration...a VERY large estimate), then only 4000 people have ever 'backed it up'.
I don't use this term often, nor lightly, but you, sir, are a Fucktard of the highest order.
Stealing is stealing, I agree. I further agree that artists should be fairly compensated for their work.
What I don't like, however, is spreading FUD over the "Lost Billions" in order to remove existing fair use rights that have been granted.
When ??AA start tossing out figures like $2 billion lost in a year, it behooves us to check their facts. That's all I'm saying. I never said theft is okay...even if it was only $1, it's still theft.
So, fine...let them go after those dollars...they have every right to do so. However, saying they lost some 2000 times the amount of money that the article seems to lead to is not only grossly inflammatory, but is possibly (or could be argued to be, depending on how they handle themselves) illegal in itself. Two wrongs don't make a right...but three rights make a left.
Well, without digging through your math, let's assume 72,000 CDs per year. At $15 per CD, that's roughly $1.08million dollars. Where is the rest of the $2BILLION they claim to have lost?
For the mathematically disinclined, where is the remaining 99.995% of their alleged losses coming from?
National Instruments released 'g' (g as in 'graphical') many many years ago. Drag and drop DAq devices in a control loop. (things like O-scopes, signal generators, RF antenna, pressure sensors, etc). Apply process control, build in feedback, etc.
I think a good example of this would be MAME (or, more specifically, the ROM emulators from classic arcade games). When nobody thought it was profitable, nothing was done with it. Some enthusiasts took the time to develop MAME, and then the copyright holders came out of the woodwork after seeing actual interest in the ROMs, trying to capitalize on the interest.
Well, actually that's not exactly a great example, but it's something of interest to the topic at hand...
Well, I'm certainly glad we have experts like you around to interpret the intent of the authors of our constitution.
If you can't understand and accept that what you consider 'indecent' and what I consider 'indecent' are two completely different things, then I don't expect you to understand why I (or someone like me) would have a problem with this ruling.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and so is indecency. Ask yourself why that word offends you so much...then think again about where the real problem is here.
It is childish and ridiculous in the extreme to think that a simple word is harmful or indecent. I submit that the very reason you and others like you think that these words are indecent is because they represent unpopular ideas that may go against your particular moral/religious/cultural upbringing. There is nothing inherently indecent or immoral about sexual intercourse (the most commonly accepted defintion of 'fuck'). It is a perfectly natural function. Why you think it's okay to ban one particular arbitrary word that refers to it, and it's okay to allow a different arbitrary word to represent it is beyond me. The same goes for 'dick' vs. 'penis', etc.
And unless and until you become personally responsible for interpreting our constitution (i.e. when you are appointed as a Supreme Court Justice), I would thank you kindly to get down off of your high horse and quit pretending that your interpretation is better than mine or anyone else's.
The trojan, once executed by a user, will do many malicious things to keep itself alive. It is NOT, however, a worm, which is what you are thinking of. A worm would utilize inbound ports to take advantage of some implicit vulnerability in your OS.
A trojan spreads by hiding in some other 'harmless' application, which the user executes. The trojan then connects outbound to it's control channel (whatever that may be). Your linksys NAT device allows all outbound connections (and consequently, responses to them are allowed back in, regardless of any port forwarding/blocking.)
If, however, you have a software firewall such as Kerio or Zonealarm running (and if the trojan can't defeat them) then you will be alerted to the trojan's attempts at an outbound connection.
And what is your linksys doing to protect you from this?
It's a trojan...a NAT/PAT device can't protect you from that.
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Are you suggesting that coconuts are migratory? Oh..wait...that's not what I meant.
Are you suggesting that NASA plans on intentionally creating radioactive superbugs with 16 claws and 8 eyes, that can code in C++ and will work for small additional amounts of radiation?
Great. Just great. Now I'll never be able to retire.
;)
I remember it...lots of spouting about 'the most toxic element blah blah blah'. While it was true, it was misleading. There are FAR more toxic (in far smaller doses) compounds that we deal with every day. 'If it exploded, blah blah blah'.
Our Rocket Science Overlords are far more capable of taking appropriate actions and measures to prevent contamination than most people give them credit for. It's easy to point to failures (notably, metric unit conversions...), it's much harder to estimate and prevent every possible problem. At some point, cost vs. risk becomes the limiting factor. I don't believe anyone is planning on intentionally introducing life to an extraterrestrial environment. (well...with the exception of manned moon/mars missions...)
Let's stop sending probes to the mid-ocean rifts as well. We didn't learn anything from those. Except for the piddly little fact that multiple complex life forms can develop and thrive without any direct energy input from the Sun.
Is it possible to mod an article itself as a troll/flamebait?
Electrical and optical signals travelling down copper or FO pathways (as well as microwaves through the air) have a reduced propagation speed. A good rule of thumb is about.7c.
802.11 is a signaling protocol, and it relates to layers 1 and 2 of the OSI model. IP exists at layer 3.
As far as 'email' having assured delivery, why would you have to muck with the whole stack to do this? Just write a better email engine and client software.
The beauty of the OSI model is that you can do whatever the heck you want at any given layer, without having to change the other layers. Each layer has a specific, defined, well known input/output method (template, if you will)...between that input and output you could transmogrify data any way you want....it doesn't matter...so long as you output it to the next layer in the expected manner.
USE the OSI model to your advantage, Mr. Government Geek.
Ma Bell managed a circuit-switched network with FAR more nodes than the current internet, and did it rather successfully.
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That's not always the case.
At Burning Man two years ago, some guys created a sodium-arc laser, and used it to beam messages into space using simple modulation. They had a fairly large booth setup where folks could put in their message, and vote on other messages others had already put in. The messages that got the highest votes were beamed out every night into the sky to a location (constellation) requested by the message author.
Pointless? Most likely. Cool? Definitely.
They also took some time to draw patterns on the bluffs surrounding the desert floor, just for kicks.
So, art is alive and well...you just have to know where to look.
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from 1998-2002. I made great money, built a house up near the NH border (just off 95), then sold that sucker when everyone else realized no one could afford to live within 10 miles of Boston.
.5 acre lots that *started* at $650k. Then you had to pay extra for things like cabinets, countertops, faucets, flooring, appliances, etc.
The commuter line goes all the way to Newburyport, so complaining about public transportation is a bit disingenuous.
My house appreciated 33% in less than two years. I used the money to leave my job and come back to my native state...(number 3 on the list, BTW), and it took me 4.5 months, and all of that money to get a new job. (well, plus the downpayment on a house to live in back here...the housing prices skyrocketed while I was gone).
As far as open space goes? In MA I had well over an acre of land, and there were only 5 houses on my cul-de-sac. Anything like that here would either a: be 60+ miles from anywhere you could reasonably work, or b: be 3-4 times what you can afford to pay for it. It's crazy...all this space, and the developers keep building the houses right next to each other (anything up to $350k within 30 miles of downtown Denver is going to be either small or crowded or both) to maximize their profits, or they charge *crazy* amounts of money for larger lots. One small town about 35 minutes from Denver had 3000 sf houses on
Too bad for the R I Eh Eh, Eh?
There are organizations that can help you (Amnesty International, EFF, etc). Now that that is out of the way...
I'm still waiting for someone to make the 'AssBerets' joke aout the French Government.
Right...and because everyone *can* go out and mod their Honda Civic to beat Mustang in the 1/4 mile (for far less money than the Mustang), Ford went out of business.
Wait...no they didn't.
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You're so wrong it's sickening. I fought for, and exposed myself to harm for, that exact right. So did my father.
Literally millions of Americans have put themselves in harm's way just for that reason.
How dare you take that away from someone whom you don't know... while hiding behind an 'anonymous coward' tag.
By your math, assuming there have been roughly 400 million Americans (post Declaration...a VERY large estimate), then only 4000 people have ever 'backed it up'.
I don't use this term often, nor lightly, but you, sir, are a Fucktard of the highest order.
I have one mod point left...but I've already been involved. Plus one insightful for Archangel Michael from the non-/. frennzy mod pool.
I'm certainly not missing that point.
Stealing is stealing, I agree. I further agree that artists should be fairly compensated for their work.
What I don't like, however, is spreading FUD over the "Lost Billions" in order to remove existing fair use rights that have been granted.
When ??AA start tossing out figures like $2 billion lost in a year, it behooves us to check their facts. That's all I'm saying. I never said theft is okay...even if it was only $1, it's still theft.
So, fine...let them go after those dollars...they have every right to do so. However, saying they lost some 2000 times the amount of money that the article seems to lead to is not only grossly inflammatory, but is possibly (or could be argued to be, depending on how they handle themselves) illegal in itself. Two wrongs don't make a right...but three rights make a left.
Well, without digging through your math, let's assume 72,000 CDs per year. At $15 per CD, that's roughly $1.08million dollars. Where is the rest of the $2BILLION they claim to have lost?
For the mathematically disinclined, where is the remaining 99.995% of their alleged losses coming from?
I'm turning 35 in a few months...does that mean I'll have to start watching more TV?
National Instruments released 'g' (g as in 'graphical') many many years ago. Drag and drop DAq devices in a control loop. (things like O-scopes, signal generators, RF antenna, pressure sensors, etc). Apply process control, build in feedback, etc.
Good stuff.
I think a good example of this would be MAME (or, more specifically, the ROM emulators from classic arcade games). When nobody thought it was profitable, nothing was done with it. Some enthusiasts took the time to develop MAME, and then the copyright holders came out of the woodwork after seeing actual interest in the ROMs, trying to capitalize on the interest.
Well, actually that's not exactly a great example, but it's something of interest to the topic at hand...
Hey! Now that's just mean!
For the record, I do not now, nor have I ever, enjoyed any of his "movies."
Of course, we could just shorten the URL to...
vd.xxx
But we may get a few less hits...
VinDiesel.xxx
And then sell the domain to that loser for hefty sum.
Well, I'm certainly glad we have experts like you around to interpret the intent of the authors of our constitution.
If you can't understand and accept that what you consider 'indecent' and what I consider 'indecent' are two completely different things, then I don't expect you to understand why I (or someone like me) would have a problem with this ruling.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and so is indecency. Ask yourself why that word offends you so much...then think again about where the real problem is here.
It is childish and ridiculous in the extreme to think that a simple word is harmful or indecent. I submit that the very reason you and others like you think that these words are indecent is because they represent unpopular ideas that may go against your particular moral/religious/cultural upbringing. There is nothing inherently indecent or immoral about sexual intercourse (the most commonly accepted defintion of 'fuck'). It is a perfectly natural function. Why you think it's okay to ban one particular arbitrary word that refers to it, and it's okay to allow a different arbitrary word to represent it is beyond me. The same goes for 'dick' vs. 'penis', etc.
And unless and until you become personally responsible for interpreting our constitution (i.e. when you are appointed as a Supreme Court Justice), I would thank you kindly to get down off of your high horse and quit pretending that your interpretation is better than mine or anyone else's.
Cool, that's the first I've heard of that...which models in particular?
We need to clarify something here.
The trojan, once executed by a user, will do many malicious things to keep itself alive. It is NOT, however, a worm, which is what you are thinking of. A worm would utilize inbound ports to take advantage of some implicit vulnerability in your OS.
A trojan spreads by hiding in some other 'harmless' application, which the user executes. The trojan then connects outbound to it's control channel (whatever that may be). Your linksys NAT device allows all outbound connections (and consequently, responses to them are allowed back in, regardless of any port forwarding/blocking.)
If, however, you have a software firewall such as Kerio or Zonealarm running (and if the trojan can't defeat them) then you will be alerted to the trojan's attempts at an outbound connection.
And what is your linksys doing to protect you from this?
It's a trojan...a NAT/PAT device can't protect you from that.
Are you suggesting that coconuts are migratory? Oh..wait...that's not what I meant.
Are you suggesting that NASA plans on intentionally creating radioactive superbugs with 16 claws and 8 eyes, that can code in C++ and will work for small additional amounts of radiation?
Great. Just great. Now I'll never be able to retire.
Hey, it's not rocket scie...er...
;)
I remember it...lots of spouting about 'the most toxic element blah blah blah'. While it was true, it was misleading. There are FAR more toxic (in far smaller doses) compounds that we deal with every day. 'If it exploded, blah blah blah'.
Our Rocket Science Overlords are far more capable of taking appropriate actions and measures to prevent contamination than most people give them credit for. It's easy to point to failures (notably, metric unit conversions...), it's much harder to estimate and prevent every possible problem. At some point, cost vs. risk becomes the limiting factor. I don't believe anyone is planning on intentionally introducing life to an extraterrestrial environment. (well...with the exception of manned moon/mars missions...)
Oh...wait...
I really wish I hadn't burned all my mod points this morning.
That was damn funny.
Let's stop sending probes to the mid-ocean rifts as well. We didn't learn anything from those. Except for the piddly little fact that multiple complex life forms can develop and thrive without any direct energy input from the Sun.
Is it possible to mod an article itself as a troll/flamebait?
That's also the speed of light in a vacuum.
.7c.
Electrical and optical signals travelling down copper or FO pathways (as well as microwaves through the air) have a reduced propagation speed. A good rule of thumb is about
No, it's not a wireless add on to IP.
802.11 is a signaling protocol, and it relates to layers 1 and 2 of the OSI model. IP exists at layer 3.
As far as 'email' having assured delivery, why would you have to muck with the whole stack to do this? Just write a better email engine and client software.
The beauty of the OSI model is that you can do whatever the heck you want at any given layer, without having to change the other layers. Each layer has a specific, defined, well known input/output method (template, if you will)...between that input and output you could transmogrify data any way you want....it doesn't matter...so long as you output it to the next layer in the expected manner.
USE the OSI model to your advantage, Mr. Government Geek.
POTS.
Ma Bell managed a circuit-switched network with FAR more nodes than the current internet, and did it rather successfully.
That's not always the case.
At Burning Man two years ago, some guys created a sodium-arc laser, and used it to beam messages into space using simple modulation. They had a fairly large booth setup where folks could put in their message, and vote on other messages others had already put in. The messages that got the highest votes were beamed out every night into the sky to a location (constellation) requested by the message author.
Pointless? Most likely. Cool? Definitely.
They also took some time to draw patterns on the bluffs surrounding the desert floor, just for kicks.
So, art is alive and well...you just have to know where to look.